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Offline Panthera

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New GTi owner here
« on: May 20, 2012, 11:57:52 am »
Hi all,

Just registered on this forum as I have not long had my Mk5 GTi 5 door in Blue Graphite on a '57' plate.  I have had the car since the end of January this year and I think its been one of the best cars I have owned so far to date.  My reason for getting a GTI was because my previous car, Volvo S60R was staring to bankrupt me  and I needed something cheaper to run. Returning no more than 21mpg (4.6mpg if I was playing), not to mention the main dealer charges. Don't get me wrong, loverly car and very capable and not to mention the 5 cylinder warble engine note the car produced - made you do weak at the knees.   So when I sold my R I thought about looking at mk5 Golf GTi's and after pretty much a whole week of searching Autotrader, Piston Heads and the likes I see a Golf GTi that I liked.  

The rest is history as they say.  

Darren
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Re: New GTi owner here
« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2012, 03:53:53 pm »
Welcome to the Forum Darren!
Massive knowledge base in here should you need any advice.
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Re: New GTi owner here
« Reply #2 on: May 20, 2012, 06:12:41 pm »
Thank you Tanner.
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Re: New GTi owner here
« Reply #3 on: May 20, 2012, 08:19:36 pm »
Welcome to the forum, great place  :happy2:  just watch out for the slippery slope :signLOL:
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Re: New GTi owner here
« Reply #4 on: May 24, 2012, 05:49:40 pm »
I know all about the slippery slope (with regards to modifying)
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Re: New GTi owner here
« Reply #5 on: June 10, 2012, 08:03:45 pm »
welcome  :happy2: